Improvement in buckles



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IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117 ,882, dated August 8, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE HAVELL, of Newark, in the county of Essex and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles 5 and do hereby declare that the following is a full7 clear, and exact description thereof, reference being' had to the Y accompanying dra-wing and to the letters oi' reference marked thereon making' a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofthe center or tongue ot a buckle and the mode of fastening it to the frame.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring' to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire buckle. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe center or tongue.

A represents the buckle-frame, and B the center or tongue. rlhis tongue Bis made ot one piece ot' metal, stamped out, as shown, with an elongated slot, af, near and along one edge; and across the tongue7 near the center, it is stamped so as to form alternate semi-tubular depressions and projections b and d, as shown in Fig. 3. Or, in other words, the tongue is stamped so as to form a straight line of alternate convex and concave surfaces, open at the ends for the passage of a rod, e, said rod passing through the sides of the frame A, thus hinging the tongue or center to the frame.

Havin g thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The center or tongue B, stamped or otherwise formed of one piece of metal, with a slot, a, and alternate semi-tubular depressions and projections b d, with the rod e and frameA, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day ot' May, 1871.

` GEORGE HA'VELL.

Titnessesz C. L. EVERT, J oHN NEsTLE KEER. 

